{"id":532287,"date":"2026-04-08T21:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=532287"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:08:04","slug":"belarusian-poetry-series-brukavanka-launched-in-bialystok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-poetry-series-brukavanka-launched-in-bialystok","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Poetry Series \u201cBrukavanka\u201d Launched in Bia\u0142ystok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian writer, journalist and literary critic <strong>Ales Arkush<\/strong>, within the Bia\u0142ystok-based publishing initiative \u201cPolatskaye Lyada\u201d and in cooperation with the Polish publishing house EkoPress, has launched the \u201cBrukavanka\u201d series. The editor plans to publish small, pocket-sized poetry collections that can be taken on trips.<\/p>\n<p>Collections of poems by Ales Arkush, \u201cNot Thinking About Sleep and Defeats,\u201d and <strong>Yanka Laykou<\/strong>, \u201cSongs of Embarrassed Rivers,\u201d have already been released. The next book will feature poems by <strong>Syarhei Pataransky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrukavanka\u201d is similar to the \u201cPoets of the Planet\u201d series, which publishes selected books by individual authors. \u201cPoetry has found itself in a very difficult situation, as many poets and writers in Belarus have been placed on unofficial lists\u2014they cannot publish in periodicals, let alone release books,\u201d the series editor Ales Arkush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polskieradio.pl\/396\/7811\/Artykul\/3671214,\u0443-\u0431\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043a\u0443-\u0437\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0456-\u00ab\u0431\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0443\u00bb-\u2013-\u0431\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0443\u044e-\u043f\u0430\u044d\u0442\u044b\u0447\u043d\u0443\u044e-\u0441\u0435\u0440\u044b\u044e\">told<\/a> Polish Radio. <em>\u201cAnd those publishing houses established in exile also operate in a difficult economic situation. For them, publishing poetry is simply loss-making. This is already a serious problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new series aims to summarize a certain stage of the poetic development of Belarusian literature, for example from the early 1990s to 2020. <em>\u201cBecause the 1990s were very interesting. I believe these were the \u2018golden years\u2019 of Belarusian literature, as it was a period of liberation,\u201d<\/em> Ales Arkush noted.<\/p>\n<p>Books from the \u201cBrukavanka\u201d series will be sold at the Bia\u0142ystok Book Fair, which will take place from April 17 to 19.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"info\"><p><strong>Subscribe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cult_front\">to Reform.news cultural news<\/a> on Telegram<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian writer, journalist and literary critic Ales Arkush, within the Bia\u0142ystok-based publishing initiative \u201cPolatskaye Lyada\u201d and in cooperation with the Polish publishing house EkoPress, has launched the \u201cBrukavanka\u201d series. The editor plans to publish small, pocket-sized poetry collections that can be taken on trips. 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